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Ok, but WHY ? 40% more chance of dying in the next 3 years, but WHY ? because the chair broke ?

They just did statistics and conclude that sitting is harmfull. Ok. But i'm sure we can also find that, for example, more men died than women. Does that mean being a man can kill you ?

I don't mean being sat most of the time isn't harmfull, but i mean this study doesn't PROVE anything.

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Yes, being a man gives you more chance of dying, but this study showed the increased risk of sitting even when taking this into account. Their result summary says they adjusted for factors including "sex, age, education, urban/rural residence, physical activity, body mass index, smoking status, self-rated health, and disability": http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/172/6/494

okay, but still, why ? Statistics aren't reliable for they can state anything.

What you're showing here is a very typical fundamental misunderstanding of what statistics is. It's not that they can "state anything", it's that everything they state comes with a confidence interval, so they are -probabilistically- very reliable actually.

Hu, i meant, you can make statistics "state" anything you want is you twist them right.

BUT STILL, WHY ARE WE DYIN YOUNGER IFF SEATED OFTEN ?

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